Ironing-board.



` UNiTnD STATES@ PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY DELOS SITTS, OFONEONTA, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,573, dated November 7, 1899. Application filed .Tune 26,1899. Serial No. 721,891. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY DELos Srrrs, av citizen of the United States, residing at Oneonta, in the county of Otsego and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a combined ironing and press board in which the parts can be readily separated when the device is used as an ordinary ironing-board and as conveniently put together to support the press-board, and comprises the ironingboard, having a socketed casting of peculiar construction, a removable standard provided with a foot fitting in said socketed casting and wedge-shaped at its upper end, and a press-board having a socket to receive the said upper end of the standard, forming a knockdown ironing and press board which may be conveniently used for ironing different styles of garments. Y y

The invention contemplates a peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, constituting the combined ironing and press board, by which the said parts are very light consistently with the required strength, and the operation of assembling them in arranging the press-board for use can be quickly eected and will form a strong and durable structure.

The following speciiication enters into a detail description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to letters of reference thereon, which designate the different parts, and what is considered novel in the particular construction and combination of parts is more specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of a combined ironing and press board constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the ironingboard proper. Fig. 3 isan inverted plan View of the press-board. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line all of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. y

Referring to said drawings, A designates the ironing-board proper, which is preferablyV of the configuration shown, and upon one end of said ironing-board is secured a casting B.

VThough I have shown the casting attached to a wedge-shaped socket, for the purposes hereinafter set forlh. The surface of the plate may be, and preferably is, inclined downwardly from front to rear and is extended beyond the ends of the iianges to receive the retaining-screws c and also form an increased bearing-surface.

The castinghereinbefore described is adapted to hold in place a standardv D, also of cast metal, having strengthening-flanges d, so that it may be made as light as possible, and at one` end of said standard'is formed a foot or plate E, which is wedge-shaped and provided with beveled edges, being slightly thicker at one end than the other. The foot E is adapted to iit tightly within the socketed casting B' when it is slid thereinto, so as tosupport the standard firmly in a vertical position. At the upper end of the standard is formed a wedge-shaped plate F, having beveled side edges and adapted to engage a socketed casting G, secured to the under side of the pressboard II, the said socket G being similar in all respects to the casting B, hereinbefore described, and consequently the wedge-shaped plates at the ends of the standard are both of the same size. By duplicating the castings and wedge-shaped plates at the ends of the standard the latter will properly engage the casting on the ironing-board and be supported thereon with either end of said standard turned downward. This will facilitate putting the boards together, as it will not be required to match the castings.

Though I have shown but a single pressboard, it is apparent that more than one could be employed in making up a set to provide for ironing different styles and parts of garments. The press-board shown is designed to be employed in ironing the sleeves of ladies shirt-waists, being comparatively narrow for the purpose, and in use will be supported IOO above the ironing-board proper a sufficient distance to permit the sleeve to be turned. In addition to this press-board a Wider one could also be supplied for convenience in ironing shirt-bosoms.

It will be noted from what I have shown and described that the device provides a practical knockdown ironing-board, which will be found very convenient in ironing different parts of garments, and the particular construction and connections by which the parts are assembled provide for readily and conveniently putting them together and taking them apart, and when separated they can be stored to occupy but small space.

When the board A is to be used as an ordinary ironing-board, the standard and pressboard are removed, and in ironing a shirt or similar garment the press board can be quickly placed in position. In using the board A by itself the casting or socket B forms a very convenient iron-holder, the converging flanges permitting the iron to be slid between them, and the said iron is further held in the casting by the inclination of the plate.

The device constituting my invention can be manufactured and sold at comparatively small cost, as the metal parts can all be made up of castings and the sockets readily secured to the boards. The said metal parts can also be enameled or otherwise ornamented or iinished.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A knockdown vironing and press board, comprising the board A, the casting B having converging side ianges undercut at their inner edges, the standard D having Wedgeshaped plates at its ends, and the casting G having side flanges undercut at their inner edges, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

2. A knockdown ironing and press board, comprising the board A, castingB having con verging side flanges undercut at their inner edges, the base of the casting being extended at each end beyond the flanges and inclined, the standard D having Wedge-shaped plates at its ends beveled at their side edges, said plates being of the same size, and the casting G similar in al1 respects to the casting B and attached to the under side of the press-board,

as herein shown and for the purpose set forth. In witnessmwhereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY DELOS SITTS. Witnesses:

Guo. W. MILLER, C. M. GUSTIN. 

